Tatyana Polenova is a professor in chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Delaware.
[2] Her research interest involves using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance, combined with computational and other biophysical methods, to understand the structure, dynamics, and function of complex macromolecular assemblies, both biological and inorganic.
She obtained her Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1997 and continued her postdoctoral research with Ann McDermott.
[1] Her research focuses on the protein-based capsid assemblies of HIV-1, the most common strain of the virus that causes HIV/AIDS.
To enable new insight on complex systems, she develops new solid-state NMR methods for fast magic angle spinning (40–110 kHz), 19F NMR, and signal enhancement using dynamic nuclear polarization.